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Tool Overlap and Cost Review

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Find duplicate tools and unused seats.

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Review tools. List of tools with annual cost, number of seats, active users and purpose: [TOOL_LIST].

Calculate cost per active user, identify overlapping tools and unused seats, and estimate the saving from removing or consolidating, with arithmetic. Check contract renewal dates and notice periods.

Return a table and a decision for each tool: keep, reduce, merge or remove, with an owner.

Add a worked table: Tool A 1,200 a year, 10 seats, 4 active, cost per active user 300; Tool B 600 a year, 5 seats, 5 active, 120 per active user; Tool C overlaps with Tool A. Potential saving: removing 6 unused Tool A seats at 120 each is 720; merging C into A saves C's 480, total 1,200 a year. Notice periods: Tool C renews on 1 March with 60 days' notice. Decisions: reduce, keep, remove.

Add a short decision template: for each tool, write who uses it, which decision or task it supports, what would happen without it, the annual cost and a recommendation, signed off by the owner, so removals do not surprise the people who rely on them.

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Invented tools. Tool A: 1,200 a year, 10 seats, 4 active = 300 per active user. Tool B: 600, 5 seats, 5 active = 120. Tool C: 480, overlaps with A.
Savings: remove 6 unused A seats at 120 each = 720; merge C into A = 480. Total = 1,200 a year.
Notice: Tool C renews on 1 March with 60 days' notice, so decide by 1 January.
Decisions: A reduce; B keep; C remove. Owner sign-off required.
Record decisions in the tool register with the date and the owner who agreed.

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